Paper-file.



PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904.

P. H. YAWM'AN.

PAPER FILE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4, 1904,

N0 MODEL.

9% lnemeo Patented November 8, 1904.

Uivrrnn STATES PATENT rricia.

PHILIP H. YAI/VMAN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO YAW- MAN AND FREE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEIV YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

PAPER-FILE.

SIPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,410 ated November 8, 1904,

Application filed March 4:, 1904:. Serial No. 196,502 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP H. YAWMAN, of the city of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper- Files; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to that class of paper-files that are provided with one or more receiving wires or pins upon which the papers to be filed are impaled and transferwires that are adapted to be brought into position to receive the papers that may be transferred thereto from the receiving-Wires; and the object of this invention is to provide an interlocking joint for uniting the respective ends of the receiving and transfer Wires when they are brought into cooperative relation that will effectually resist forces tending to disengage the parts, both laterally and longitudinally, and also forming a joint that is perfectly smooth and free from obstructions, providing substantially a smooth continuous surface between the wires over which the papers may be readily moved while being examined.

To these and other ends my invention consists in certain features of novelty and advantage that will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed.

' In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a filing device embodying my invention wherein the transfer-wires are pivoted to move laterally. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modified form of file in which the wires are of spring metal and are sprung into locked position from the inside of the impaling-pins. Fig. 3 is an underneath View of that form of the device shown in Fig. 1, showing the covering-plate removed. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail view showing the locking portions of the impaling-pin and the arm of the transferwire, illustrating the method of locking or uniting them. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional viewon the line 5 5 of Fig. 1, showing the parts in their locked position; and Fig. 6 illustrates a blank from which the impaling-pins are formed. 1

That form of my invention illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawingsembodies a filing device that is adapted to be secured to a board or suitable base to format temporary binder for various papers, so that they may be readily referred to, and for this purpose it preferably comprises a base 1, provided ,with the upwardly-projecting impaling-pins 2 2, each of which is preferably hollow or tubular for a purpose that Will hereinafter appear. In the base are also journaled the vertical arms'3 3 of the transfer-Wires, the lower ends of which are provided with cranks/Land 5, the opposite arms of which latter are connected by a link 6, such aconstruction causing motion that is imparted to one ofthese arms in one direction to be transmitted in equal degree in the reverse direction to the other. These cranks are preferably located in a chamber 7, formed in the under side of the base, and are operated upon by the spring-arms 8 and 9 of the spring 10, the cranks being so positioned upon their respective arms that the arched upper portions 11 11 thereof will normally tend to move toward the impaling-pins 2 when they are in proximity thereto, and when they are moved sufiiciently far therefrom they will continue their motion under the action of the spring until they assume a position similar to that indicated by the dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3. In connection with a filling device of this character I employ a novel joint for locking the ends of the transfer-wires to the ends of their corresponding impaling-pins to prevent their longitudinal or lateral separation except in one direction, and in the present embodiment of my invention the upper ends of the impaling-pinS are each provided with a keyholeaperture on their outer side, which apertures are each adapted to receive a correspondinglyshaped portion of the curved arm 11 of the transfer-wire, the extremity of the impalingpin being preferably tapered, as at 13, so as to form a flush or continuous joint with the said arm when it is in its locked position. A 1

of filling device to which my invention has been applied, and in this form the impalingpins 15 are carried by the base 16, which latter is provided with thehorizontal bearings 17,

in which are journaled the vertically-swinging arms 18 18, the bend 19 therein being provided to limit the forward motion thereof. The upper ends of these arms are also bent forwardly, as in the previous form, and have their ends formed to enter the keyhole-apertures 12 12 of the impaling-pins 15. However, instead of forming these apertures at the outer sides of these pins, as in the previous instance, they are in this embodiment formed at the inner sides thereof, enabling the arms to be disengaged therefrom when they are pressed inwardly, and thereby permitting them to swing rearwardly in a vertical plane to clear the impaling-pins. In bringing these arms into position they are swung upwardly and forwardly to the limit of their motion about the bearings 17 17 as centers and are finally sprung inwardly into a position directly opposite to the keyhole-slot in the impaling-pin, and when the pressure is released theywill automatically move into these apertures and remain there under the spring action of their arms.

In a paper-filing device of'this character it is desirable to employ hollow impaling-pins in order that the papers may be readily and conveniently transferred therefrom to a permanent filing-wire by inserting the ends thereof into the hollow ends of the impaling-pins, and for this purpose I preferably form the said pins from blanks that are punched from sheet material that are substantially rectangular in shape and are provided with the semicircular recesses or cutaway portions 20 20, that are formed in the opposing longitudinal edges of the blank adjacent one end thereof, the edges between the said semicircular recesses and the adjacent end of the blank being reduced or partially cut away, as at 21. A blank formed in this way is then rolled in such a manner that the longitudinal edges 22 22 thereof meet, forming substantially a tube at one end of which the keyhole-aperture 12 is formed, the enlarged portion of which is formed by the meeting of the two semicircular recesses 20 20, and the narrowed portion that leads from the latter to the end is formed by the meeting of the reduced or narrowed portions 21 21 in the longitudinal edges of the blank.

Such a construction as above described produces a paper-receiving pin having an aperture or socket formed in only one side thereof,

leaving the opposite and adjacent sides of the hollow pin intact to form a buffer or abutment against which the cooperating locking member of the relatively movable portion rests while it is in its locked position, and longitudinal motion of therespective parts is prevented in both directions and lateral motion is impossible except in one direction it will be obvious that the parts will be positively locked from disengagement in all directions except that in which the locking projection moves in leaving its corresponding aperture or socket. As the spring action that is brought to bear upon the arms of the transfer-wires normally tends to retain them in locked engagement with the corresponding locking sockets formed in the ends of the impaling-pins, it will be obvious that disengagement of the re spective parts can be only accomplished by moving the arched arms laterally, and thereby overcoming the said spring action, thus rendering accidental disengagement of the members practically impossible.

In both forms of my invention it will be observed that while the disengagement of the pins and their respective arms is normally prevented by the spring pressure exerted upon the latter while in locked position it will also be obvious that separation or disengagement of these respective parts in a longitudinal direction will be effectively prevented. At the same time a joint is formed between these parts that will enable the papers to be lifted up from the pins and transferred to the curved arms of the transfer-wires without the least possibility of being caught or otherwise held by any projection or other obstructions that are usually formed by the joints of filing devices of this character, as heretofore constructed.

I claim as my invention 1. In a paper-filing device, the combination with the cooperating receiving and transfer wires having the arched connecting portion, of a socket formed in one of the wires and extending transversely relative to the plane of the arched portion, and a head or projection upon the opposing wire formed to enter the said socket by a relativelylateral motion of the wires and cooperating with the side walls of the socket to prevent relatively lateral motion of the wires in a direction substantially in the plane of the arched portion.

2. In a paper-filing device, the combination with the cooperating receiving and transfer wires having the arched connecting portion, of a socket formed in one of the wires extending transversely relative to the plane of the arched portion and embodying a narrowed slot extending inwardly from the side and adjacent end of the wire and an enlarged aperture extending transversely of the wire and com municating with the slot, and a head carried by the opposing wire having a reduced portion formed to enter the slot and an enlargement to enter the aperture of the socket by a relatively lateral motion of the wires, the reduced and enlarged portions of the head 00- operating with the corresponding walls of the socket to prevent relatively longitudinal and lateral motion of the wires in substantially the plane of the arch.

3. In a paper-filing device, the combination with the relatively movable receiving and transfer wires, of a socket formed upon the receiving-wire embodying an aperture or re-' cess extending inwardly from one side thereof, and a cooperating portion carried by the transfer-wire having lateral projections or enlargements thereon arranged to enter the aperture of the socket and a spring operating to retain the receiving and transfer wires in cooperative relation.

4. In a paper-filing device, the combination with an impaling-pin that is formed hollow or tubular and is provided at one end with a slot that extends inwardly beyond the said end and an enlarged aperture perforating one of the lateral walls of the hollow pin and communieating with'the said slot, of a transfer-wire having a reduced portion adjacent to its end that is adapted to enter said slot and an enlargementbeyond the reduced portion adapted to enter the enlarged aperture in the wall of the pin to retain the latter and the transferwire in cooperative engagement.

' 5. In a paper-file, an impaling-pin or receiv ing-Wire rolled into hollow tubular form from a blank of sheet material, the opposing longitudinal edges of which are provided with semicircular recesses, and cut-away or reduced portions extending therefrom to the end of the blank to form a slot having an enlarged aperture in the lateral wall of the pin by the meeting of the longitudinal edges of the blank, and a cooperating pin having a reduced portion formed to enter the slot, and a head engaging in the enlarged portion of the aperture to lock the parts in cooperative relation.

PHILIP H. YAWMAN. Witnesses:

WILLARD RICH, CLARENCE A. BATEMAN. 

